In addition to the Crematogaster from the last post, we encountered a number of interesting ants last weekend.
Check out the lovely Formica.

This worker was climbing up and down grass stalks.

There were enough that I was able to follow them back to their nest.

The workers were quite delicate for Formica ants.

Look at those antennae!

The nest entrance was a large opening, like a half moon-shaped cave.

Here’s another of apparently the same species. Both are on quite a steep slope.
Anyone know what they might be? I’m assuming Formica because of the position of the eyes high on the head, etc.
